13 Oct 2006
Posted by Martin
"Love is all about timing. If you don't say the right thing at the right moment, no matter how much fate was involved in the relationship, everything will be ruined."
So says Takeuchi, who probably knows as much about missed opportunities as anyone. It's the fall-out from last episode, a week after Nanami and Yano broke up. Rumours are rife of course, and both of them are trying to adjust to the new state of things.
While Bokura Ga Ita has so far been an examination of teenage relationships, circumstances have now turned it into an equally fascinating examination of what happens afterwards. I was particularly interested in the contrasting ways in which the two of them cope with the recent events, and I have to say Nanami's coming through it better (but then, I was more on her side to begin with). She brushes off the questioning easily enough, although she has to make an effort to keep her private life, well, private.
Yano on the other hand has an additional problem to deal with in that he is now feeling something he never admitted to feeling before: regret for the foolishness of his actions. Good old Takeuchi is there as always to offer some good advice, which is unsurprisingly not always appreciated. I was left a little confused when Yano turned up AT HIS BEDSIDE for a good old mope. Maybe I'm not much of a friendly ear because I don't do the same thing for my friends...? The first comment to this post that references HARD GAY gets a free cake.
Anyway, Takeuchi is there to cheer Nanami up and (separately, obviously) offer Yano some words of wisdom. Soon it appears that he is beginning to grow impatient with standing back while Yano gets the girl every time (there's an interesting flashback scene concerning this) so offers our hero one hell of an ultimatum. If that doesn't get Yano's butt into gear, nothing will.
Perhaps inevitably this was a good episode but the pacing is still a constant source of frustration for me. Nanami inwardly misses what she had but Yano is the one who more fully comprehends what he has lost - Takeuchi is the 'man in the middle' so to speak and after what's happened in this ep I think this soon-to-be love triangle will take over from any of the show's other subplots for a while.
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